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Nobody wants to see Australia's borders weakened: McCormack7:39

FULL INTERVIEW: Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack says the passage of the Medivac bill could weaken Australia's border security.
The Medivac bill is designed to give doctors a greater say over whether asylum seekers in offshore detention centres can be flown to Australia for medical treatment, though still allows the Home Affairs minister to reject transfers on security grounds.
Mr McCormack claimed the legislation wil alsol allow 'spivs, and rapists and murderers' to be transferred to Australia for medical treatment, which is factually incorrect according to the legislation.
Labor says the bill is only designed to allow sick asylum seekers to gain access to medical treatment in Australia.